Meeting the Jeep Compass. EDIT: Priced between 14.95 to 20.65 lakhs

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Here is how a Panoramic Roof would look on a Compass - This is ...

Here is how a Panoramic Roof would look on a Compass - This is a Dual Pane - with only the front portion opening and sliding back. I like it.
Pretty sure that the front portion wont slide back completely.

I just got a chance to drive this in USA and the variant i got was Limited. It got the panoramic moon roof. front portion slides back and back portion is fixed. Overall i like the car. Pretty decent build and a baby Grant Cherokee. Hope Jeep will price it well for india.

The front approach angle and the lack of the air dam clearly shows this is a Trailhawk Version.

Which at least as of now will not be launched in India.

This comes with a simulated low range - The Trailhawk comes only in the 9 Speed Automatic.
The Compass in regular mode - (when 4Low has not been engaged) has been configured to always start in 2nd gear.
So when you engage 4 Low and Rock mode - It starts in 1st gear and stays there - and the gear ratio is in the range of 20.x : 1
I agree this is nowhere close to the 7x.x : 1 in one of its other cousins !!

But a 20.x ratio is not available in any of the immediate Compass Trailhawk competitors. - Making it an extremely capable soft off roader.

I WISH they could marry the trailhawk with the regular top end compass with a Manual Dual Range and an Airlift Package - So we can get the best of on road and off road !!

In the below 2 pics - one can see that the Compass is on a horizontal pivot - see saw - it climbs and holds position / stays / balanced - horizontal.

The driver skill while obvious - I am not sure if there is a contribution from the vehicle design? The experts can comment.

The Jeep Grand Cherokee also failed the moose test badly in June 2012 with tyre blowouts
Later in 2014 with changes and ESC & ERM enabled - it was able to ace the moose test
PS:The test is performed with full complement of passengers and load.

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Couldn't it be that the actual price would be somewhere in the middle with about 6-7 lakhs separating the base and top end variant? The 13 lakh gulf as shown in the image doesn't make sense; likewise with the screenshot contest if 13-26 is indeed the actual range.

Just saw the ad for a show on TV - Great Escapes with Kunal and Cyrus. They seem to be travelling in a Jeep Compass with a sunroof.
Does that mean that there will be an option for a sunroof for buyers as well?
Aren't they shooting themselves in the foot by not giving it as an option at least right from the beginning.

SCross 1.6 is 11.8L. Creta 1.6 base is around 12L? Sounds too good to be true. And most things that sound too good, mostly are not true. Hope Jeep is not making a last minute PR blunder.

If it's 13L starting, boy have they set the cat loose amongst the pigeons.

But the price range in that pic is too huge as well. Hope the features justify it.

I guess FCA is going to price the Compass right in the middle of Creta and Tucson.

If they manage to price it close to Creta, it is going to be a runaway success and I am still hoping that FCA somehow achieves this feat. Just tired of seeing too many Cretas on the road and I don't see a worthy competitor anywhere in the near future in its price range